Lucas Arruda

Origin

São Paulo, SP

Also known as

Lucas Foianesi Arruda

Years Active

2004

Genres

soul, funk, brazilian music, jazz, aor, pop, cosmic jazz, balearic, painting, visual arts

Instruments

piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, saxophone, drums, vocals

Biography

Lucas Arruda is a multifaceted artist who moves between visual arts and music, born in São Paulo in 1983. His artistic career is marked by the quest to express complex contemporary mental states through his works, whether they are paintings or musical compositions.

In the field of visual arts, Arruda is recognized for his atmospheric landscape paintings that explore the boundary between abstraction and figuration. His work, frequently grouped under the title "Deserto-Modelo", uses light and landscape as central themes to investigate visual and metaphysical questions. He is part of a generation of artists who reclaimed painting in an artistic scene dominated by conceptual art, gaining international recognition and having his works exhibited in important institutions and collections around the world.

In music, Lucas Arruda is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist. He began his musical career as the founder, singer, songwriter, arranger, and pianist of the band Du Black, formed in 2004 in Espírito Santo. With influences ranging from American soul and funk to Brazilian music, Arruda released albums like "Soulshine", "Sambadi", and "Solar", exploring fusions of rhythms and genres, and consolidating his presence in the Brazilian music scene with a sound that dialogues with names like Stevie Wonder, Tim Maia, and Cassiano.

Discography

• Sambadi (2013)
• SOLAR (2015)
• Lucas Arruda Feat. Leon Ware – Melt The Night (2015)
• Perdidos e Bobos (2017)
• Onda Nova (2019)
• Ominira (2024)